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AKB48's Team B Singers Create Anime Short for TV Show
posted on by Egan Loo
Eight of Team B from the 48-member female idol group Mayu Watanabe are creating the new anime about a mascot character themselves; the eight not only develop the anime's characters and stories, but also reportedly produce the storyboards, animation drawings, sound effects, and dialogue recording themselves. The two "B Men yo, Anime o Kake!" ("B Men, Draw Anime!") episodes about the making of the anime will premiere on July 31 and August 7 on the CS Family Gekijō channel.
The same Team B performed during the heavily watched Kōhaku Uta Gassen (Red and White Song Battle) competition on New Year's Eve 2007. Due to the ever-changing roster, there are actually less than 48 in AKB48 currently.
AKB48 performed theme songs for the Superflat First Love" anime short.
Source: Natalie
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